Jane Eyre Vocabulary

(adjective) peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant

(noun) deep personal humiliation and disgrace

(adjective) fierce and cruel; eager to fight

(noun) shyness; lack of confidence

(noun) a state of being marked by contemptuous boldness or disregard of others

(noun) public disgrace

(noun) exhaustion or weakness due to lack of food or energy

(noun) diligence; care

(adjective) causing sleep or lethargy

(adjective) gaudy; falsely attractive

(adjective) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood

(adjective) favorably disposed

(adjective) being keen in sense perception; wisdom

(noun) keen insight

(verb) to make greater, more numerous, larger, increase

(noun) payment for work done

(noun) bubbling over; outburst of spirit

(adjective) that is to be regretted

(adjective) sluggish in functioning or act

(noun) settled aversion or dislike

(adjective) a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odors

(noun) something of little value, substance, or importance

(adjective) subjected to verbal abuse; scolded

(noun) feelings of amazement or dismay

(noun) disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd, usually with confusion of voices

(adjective) physically harmful or destructive to living beings

(noun) an often intense natural inclination or preference

(adjective) having temperament marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness

(noun) one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity

(verb) to regard with extreme dislike

(adjective) exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age

(verb) to speak with another; to discourse

(adjective) incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or solved

(adjective) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

(adjective) governed by impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notion or action

(adjective) practicing usury: the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates

(adjective) exceeding what is natural or regular

(noun) a stopping; a discontinuance

(noun) a dining hall

(adjective) very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

(noun) a multitude of assembled persons

(noun) a vase-shaped pitcher or jug

(adjective) marked or suffering from a cramping and oppressive lack of resources

(noun) alleviation of grief or anxiety

(adjective) the quality or sate of being faithless or disloyal

(verb) to make better or more tolerable; to improve

(noun) a cause of wide or great affliction

(adjective) intended for display: open to view

(adjective) easily taught, led or managed

(adjective) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible

(adjective) very attentive to matters of cleanliness or detail

(adjective) fond of company, sociable; outgoing and talkative

(adjective) favorable to or promoting health or well-being

(verb) to lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses

(adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

(noun) a ranting speech or writing

(noun) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

(verb) to go or travel across or over

(adjective) coolly and patronizingly haughty

(noun) facial features held to show qualities of character by their configuration

(adjective) marked by impulsive vehemence or passion

(adjective) strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline

(verb) to root out, get rid of, destroy completely

(noun) an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune

(noun) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle

(verb) to reason earnestly for purpose of dissuasion or remonstrance

(noun) a driving force; impulse

(adjective) greedy; excessively acquisitive in seeking to hoard riches

(verb) to avoid habitually; especially on moral or practical grounds

(noun) an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance

(adjective) arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

(adjective) abnormally thin or weak; especially because of illness or a lack of food

(adjective) deficient in color suggesting physical or emotional distress

(adjective) marked by inactivity or response; tranquilly at rest

(noun) the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology

(noun) an unnecessarily or excessively large amount or number of something

(adjective) arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

(noun) a neighboring or surrounding district